Explaining Modern Haiti:

Authoritarianism, Poverty, and Foreign Intervention

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Haiti and the “Social Question”

“[T]o avoid this fatal mistake [of trying to solve the social question with political means, thereby leading to terror] is almost impossible when a revolution breaks out under conditions of mass poverty.” (102)

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1770 Map

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Haitian Political Regimes, 1804-1843

• Dessalines, 1804-1806

• Divided rule – Alexandre Pétion, 1807-1818 (rules over the south

as president of Republic of Haiti)

– Henry Christophe, 1807-1820 (rules over north, declares monarchy in 1811)

• Jean-Pierre Boyer, 1818-1843 (reunites north and south in 1820, occupies Santo Domingo in 1822)

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Photo courtesy of Stefan Krasowski on Flickr. CC-BY.

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Photo courtesy of Alan B. Photography on Flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA.

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